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need help convert sonata volume
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Look at the DVD to see if there is a Video_TS folder. If you open it and find a series of .vob files these are the ones you need to use but you will have to convert them before they are imported into iMovie.
I've done this kind of project before using MPEG Streamclip using the procedure outlined here. That process is good if you only need certain segments of the footage. You could also use Handbrake to convert the entire DVD into one file.
When I did this I converted the footage to DV format for import into iMovie. If I were doing this now I would probably use .mp4 since I don't think iMovie supports mpeg.
I've done this kind of project before using MPEG Streamclip using the procedure outlined here. That process is good if you only need certain segments of the footage. You could also use Handbrake to convert the entire DVD into one file.
When I did this I converted the footage to DV format for import into iMovie. If I were doing this now I would probably use .mp4 since I don't think iMovie supports mpeg.
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